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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-21803
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33-58175
33-62158
33-37562
33-32763
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33-41187
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUSES OF
DEAN WITTER CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST Dated February 25, 1997
DEAN WITTER CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE INCOME FUND Dated July 28, 1997
DEAN WITTER HAWAII MUNICIPAL TRUST Dated January 31, 1997
DEAN WITTER LIMITED TERM MUNICIPAL TRUST Dated June 13, 1997
DEAN WITTER MULTI-STATE MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST Dated February 28, 1997
DEAN WITTER NEW YORK MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET TRUST Dated February 24, 1997
DEAN WITTER NEW YORK TAX-FREE INCOME FUND Dated July 28, 1997
DEAN WITTER SHORT-TERM U.S. TREASURY TRUST Dated August 1, 1997
DEAN WITTER TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES TRUST Dated July 28, 1997
DEAN WITTER TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST Dated February 24, 1997
The Trustees of each investment company named above have approved certain
changes to the minimum required investments for each Fund. Accordingly, the
disclosure in the section of each of the above Prospectuses entitled
"Purchase of Fund Shares" pertaining to minimum investment requirements is
hereby modified to reflect the following:
In the case of investments pursuant to (i) Systematic Payroll Deduction
Plans (including, in the case of Dean Witter Short-Term U.S. Treasury
Trust, Individual Retirement Plans), (ii) the InterCapital mutual fund
asset allocation program and (iii) fee-based programs approved by the
Distributor, pursuant to which participants pay an asset based fee for
services in the nature of investment advisory or administrative services,
the Fund, in its discretion, may accept investments without regard to any
minimum amounts which would otherwise be required, provided, in the case
of Systematic Payroll Deduction Plans, that the Distributor has reason to
believe that additional investments will increase the investment in all
accounts under such Plans to at least $1,000 ($5,000 in the case of each
of Dean Witter California Tax-Free Daily Income Trust, Dean Witter New
York Municipal Money Market Trust and Dean Witter Tax-Free Daily Income
Trust, and $10,000 in the case of Dean Witter Short-Term U.S. Treasury
Trust).
December 31, 1997